The Federal Communications Commission has issued a $150,000 fine to Dish for failing to properly deorbit a TV satellite. Dish violated the Communications Act, FCC rules, and the terms of its license by relocating the satellite to a disposal orbit below the required elevation, posing orbital debris concerns. Dish claims that the satellite was exempted from the disposal orbit rule and that it poses no orbital debris safety concerns, but the FCC considers this a breakthrough settlement in enforcing space debris rules.

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